Boeing 777 belonging Iraqi Airways at Baghdad International Airpor.....A commission of parliamentary services, on Friday, for hosting and Transport Minister Baqir al-Zubaidi this month, to see reasons to prevent European countries Iraqi Airways from entering its airspace, and as pointed out that the ministry dealt with the companies "Related" at Baghdad International Airport, carrying a source in the company Iraqi Airways management responsibility to withdraw the license. The head of the Commission services and reconstruction parliamentary Nazim al-Saadi in an interview for the (long-Presse), "The news received to the Committee on the prevention of the Iraqi national carrier of aviation in three European countries, but we did not see from the fact of the matter yet," noting that "the Committee decided to host Minister Transportation On Sunday the 16th of this father. "

Saadi added that "there are a lot of complaints were received by the Commission by citizens about the performance of Iraqi Airways," noting that "the meeting host will offer a series of questions of them, know the reasons for the delay and the lack of development of the company as well as non-conformity aircraft specifications although it is modern ".

For its part, member of the Committee cream meat princess said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "the Iraqi Airways is not at the required level and is deficient in all respects, and there are a lot of complaints against the company up to us."

Meat and stressed that the "airport system where there is no equivalent of the world, as well as companies that the ministry was working at the airport, bound together by their own relationships and this is against the law."

In turn, a source in the Iraqi Airways in an interview said to (the long-Presse) that "there is a lot of behind prevent the three European countries the reasons (Austria, Sweden and Denmark) enter the national carrier of the airspace, and its unwillingness to receive citizens of third world countries, so put impossible conditions for not and access to them, including the safety requirements. "

The source, who asked not to be named, said: "There is another reason is, that the international organizations and global Kalmnizh Civil Aviation (description SAFA) which is competent to pursue civil aviation laws and the European aircraft flying in its airspace, as well as aviation authorities in other European countries, are demanding details and information on Iraqi Airways, aircraft and employees via e-mail to the company. "

The source continued that "the company does not rapidly respond to these messages, angering these organizations and countries because they want to find out everything in order to preserve the safety of passengers and aircraft entering its airspace to keep its citizens."

The source stressed that "the company where many irregularities, including, that the crew of the plane, which climbs almost more travelers, which raises the eyebrows of other countries, as well as some of the workers that they are not and do not possess specialized competence certificates testimonies engineering."

In turn, an expert on civil aviation matters Khairy Jubouri in an interview to the (long-Presse), said that "the civil aviation authority of a protector and Observer of Iraqi Airways, to avoid errors and the administrative changes substantially as well as the investigation into the circumstances of these events and display them with precision and professionalism on State organizations with administrative procedures until the company regain the confidence of those organizations and countries. "

Jubouri promised to "silence Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport will only national carrier to enter the blacklist, which carried a big loss is in the process of evolution, as well as something that so disappointing for the State of Iraq and its citizens."

The media reported that the countries (Austria, Sweden, Denmark) aircraft prevented Iraqi Airways from entering its airspace for safety reasons.

The date of the founding of the Iraqi Airways "Green Bird" due to (18 May 1938), when it recommended the Iraqi Aeronautical Society on the purchase of three aircraft type (Darkin Rapid), in aircraft factories (De Havilland), have reached Baghdad Saturday (first October 1938), and was on a domestic route and to neighboring countries.

Iraq had possessed more than 20 civilian aircraft Ilyushin Russian (Eastern Fleet) an Iraqi Airways ahead of 1991, where most of them were destroyed in Operation Desert Storm, and the transfer of the other part of them to neighboring countries during the period of sanctions.

Iraq signed in May 2008, the first two decades with the company (Boeing) for the purchase of 40 US aircraft, and the second with the company (Bombardier) Canadian, to buy ten aircraft, while the Ministry of Finance showed that the total value of the two contracts amounting to five billion dollars.

Iraq and received since the end of 2012 until the month of March a number of Boeing aircraft within the contract signed with the company and which it is hoped that the end of the year ends in 2018, also received a Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft over the past years.

The Ministry of Transport announced the (March 20, 2015) for receipt of new aircraft from Boeing under the contract signed between Iraq and the company during 2008, while confirming that the Iraqi Airways fleet currently consists of 28 aircraft.

The Transport Minister Baqir al-Zubaidi announced (26th February 2015), that Iraq will receive 13 aircraft from Boeing, during the current 2015, while detect the presence of negotiations with Airbus for the purchase of aircraft which, he stressed that Iraqi Airways supported the state budget for 2015 of $ 450 million. SOURCE